In the city of Beijing, in a conference room in the presidential palace, when Tang Huali was wondering what President Jing Sheng would do and was determined to cut Li Yuanhong's wings, he was in the city of Beijing. President Zhao Bei was carefully reading a letter from a distant foreign land.

Zhao Bei had just finished a military conference on how to deal with the situation after the Russian Revolution, and the letter was handed over to him by the director of the Military Intelligence Bureau Tian Jinfu after the meeting, and the person who wrote the letter was not Chinese, but a French captain named Bessonluc, who was the French drunkard who was personally presented as a special intelligence agent by Zhao Bei.

Although the letter was written in Chinese characters, it was written crookedly and there were many typos. Zhao Bei had to guess and understand the content of the letter and what the French captain really wanted to express.

Although the letter was sent to the Military Intelligence Agency. But the real recipient is Zhao Bei, and the French obviously know very well that Tian Jinfu after receiving this letter. The letter will definitely be forwarded to Zhao Bei according to his request.

Although Bessonluc is a special intelligence officer of the Military Intelligence Agency, he is not a core personnel and does not directly participate in secret operations, so he is also relatively flexible in terms of organization. In Tian Jinfu's opinion, this is not a qualified intelligence officer, perhaps this Frenchman is more suitable to be an adventurer.

In fact, this French captain and drunkard was indeed a qualified adventurer, who had been on adventures in the East for many years, and now, he was not in the Far East, but in the Middle East.

The French captain arrived in the Middle East after the European war, at the beginning, he spent a lot of time in Egypt, during which he also took a few telegrams to the military intelligence agency liaison station, boasting to Tian Jinfu about his adventures in the Middle East, but only half a year later, when the European war was inseparable, the French captain suddenly "disappeared". Since then, he has not made any contact with the Military Intelligence Agency, so that Tian Jinfu has to guess that he may have been killed by the creditor because he owed someone a gambling debt or a lack of alcohol money, and if it wasn't for the arrival of this letter, Tian Jinfu might have ordered the destruction of all the files of this French drunkard.

This letter is a handwritten letter from Bessonluch, the date of the letter is a month ago, and the location of the letter is a city called "Waji", Tian Jinfu asked someone to check the map for a long time, only to figure out, this, "Waj" was originally a small city located on the edge of the desert of the Arabian Peninsula, as for why this French drunkard appeared there, he also briefly mentioned in the letter, in fact, this French drunkard followed a British archaeologist named Lawrence to Waj.

In fact, the main content of this letter written by the French to Mr. President of China was about his military adventures with the British archaeologist in the Arabian Peninsula.

After the outbreak of the war in Europe, the warring parties not only fought in Europe, but also in Asia, especially in the Middle East, because the Suez Canal, an important communication channel between the East and the West, was in the Middle East. As a result, the Middle East also broke out in a military confrontation between the Entente and the Central Powers, but because the main battlefield of the great powers was in Europe, and there were only a small number of troops stationed in the Middle East, Britain, France, and Russia, the Middle East was actually a proxy war. The Ottoman Empire, which joined the Central Powers, was on the one hand, and on the other side was a coalition of Arab tribes against Ottoman rule, with Germany supporting the Ottoman Empire and Britain supporting the Arab tribes, and the British archaeologist Lawrence was ordered by Lord Ronald Stors, the British government's Minister for Middle East Affairs in Cairo, to go to the Arabian Peninsula and coordinate the anti-Ottoman uprising of the Arab tribes as a lieutenant in the British army.

Bessonluc met Lawrence in Cairo, at that time, Lawrence was a staff officer of the Arab Bureau of the British Army Intelligence, mainly for the British authorities to analyze the political situation of the Ottoman Empire, and use his knowledge of Arab culture and folklore to advise the British military in the Middle East. When Lawrence was sent on a mission to the Arabian Peninsula, he brought his French friends with him, and Bessonluc rushed to the Arabian Peninsula and eventually wrote a handwritten letter from the small city of Wadi to the President of China, full of battle points and sycophants.

Only, Mr. President, you will not believe what adventures I have had in the Arabian Peninsula over the past ten years, and I am proud to reveal to you information that you would not have known in any of the public publications of the Entente or the Central Powers.

Although the weapons and equipment of the Arab warriors are very backward, but their fighting courage and will to fight are very tenacious, it is by virtue of this courage and will, since the Arab uprising broke out last year, this army has repeatedly defeated the Turkish army, and occupied many cities and fortresses, not only with the British ** team to capture Baghdad, but also control the important Hejaz railway, forcing the Turks to retreat to some small strongholds, and now, Lawrence and Prince Fesal are working on an attack on the fortress of Aruba. And, it won't be long before I will follow Lawrence deep into the desert to carry out military operations, perhaps, when Mr. President receives this letter, I may already be in the desert, and I will have to swallow the camel meat that has fallen in the desert while enduring the scorching sun, believe me, the Arab shame here is definitely not as delicious as the Chinese camel,

It is a collection of respect and adoration for Mr. President. I've been telling Lawrence about the legendary revolutionary deeds of you and your loyal men. As well as correcting Lawrence's erroneous perception of you, convinced that Mr. President is not a madman. Rather, he was a politician and military strategist with lofty ideals and firm goals.

Although the offensive of the Arab coalition has been relatively smooth, the British are too stingy, they only provide the Arab coalition with a small number of cannons, and artillery is very important for siege warfare, in my opinion, the British are worried that the arrival of these cannons by the Arabs will further strengthen the independence tendency, and this fear is unnecessary for the Chinese president, because China does not occupy any of the ten places in the Middle East, and Mr. Rantong has always been "decolonized." A staunch supporter of the proposition, I humbly ask you. He asked His Excellency the President to provide some arms assistance to the Arab coalition forces.

If you agree, you may send a telegram to the address below, where there is a special contact person, and the code and password for the contact are written at the end of the letter, and after getting in touch, perhaps we can consult further about arms assistance. You know, the Prince of Hejaz is also eagerly waiting for your reply. I believe. If this arms aid can be facilitated; The Arab tribes will soon be unified into an independent state, and this independent Arab country will also become a friendly country with China, and the trade between the two countries will certainly be satisfactory

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Your loyal friend, French captain Bessonluc, February 6 of the old mouth year. Uvadi. ”

After reading this letter from a desert city in the Middle East. Zhao Bei was somewhat emotional, a few days ago, he didn't have the energy to plan a substantive Middle East policy, but at this time, the French captain sent him such a letter asking for help, which was a bit exaggerated.

With China's current national strength, it is already very difficult to be able to take care of both Russia and the South Seas. Not to mention meddling in the Middle East.

However, since the opportunity was delivered to him, Zhao Bei would not watch this good opportunity to meddle in the affairs of the Middle East miss him, he is familiar with modern military history, and of course knows the background of the British archaeologist Lawrence, who is very famous in history, known as the "Lawrence of Arabia" Judging from his performance, he is an idealist, although he is British. However, he very much supported the establishment of an independent Arab state and even the cause of the unification of the Arab nation, but because of the colonial policies of Britain and France, Lawrence's idea could not be realized at all, so the final political map of the Middle East was fragmented.

Zhao Bei, of course, would not support Lawrence's claim. However, if he can add some trouble to Britain's Middle East policy, he will not mind aiding a batch of artillery to the Arab coalition forces, anyway, there are many decommissioned cannons in the warehouse, and it is indeed a pity that these old cannons cannot be sold to European belligerents and thrown directly into the steelmaking furnaces, then. Why can't it be used for foreign aid? to the end, which can win the favor of the Arab tribes.

However, this arms aid is not just a given. At the very least, it is necessary to consult with experts about the current political situation in the Middle East. After Zhao Bei made up his mind, he first shook the phone to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and asked the Foreign Minister to send an expert on the Middle East issue.

Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi did not dare to delay, and half an hour later rushed to the presidential palace with an expert on Middle East issues, and it was none other than that. It was none other than the British ambassador to China, Jurdian.

"President Junjian. At present, China's diplomatic talents are withering, although the center has stepped up its training efforts. But it takes time, and it is not just a few years to produce a large number of professionals. Therefore, this expert on the Middle East issue did not have a foreign affairs department, so he could only turn to friendly countries for help, and it just so happened that Mr. Ambassador had seriously studied the Middle East issue, and now he also happened to be free, so I asked him to come over and give the president a briefing on the current political situation in the Middle East. ”

Tang Shaoyi is simply disobeying the yang and yin, Zhao Bei is a little angry, but he also understands that Tang Shaoyi is not stupid, and there must be a purpose for doing this. It's definitely not as simple as making the president angry.

On the one hand, the president rejected the proposal of the US ambassador Stade and refused to declare war on Germany with the United States, which made Tang Shaoyi very dissatisfied. Because he is now a staunch war-goer, if he has been watching for the past two years, now that Germany's defeat is evident, why not go to war now? As a diplomat, Tang Shaoyi attaches great importance to the weight of the word "victorious country," and he very much hopes that China will take this opportunity to truly enter the stage of international affairs. Instead of sneaking up on small moves in the South Seas. Therefore, asking Zhu Erdian to come over to explain the situation in the Middle East to the president is also a move to promote Sino-British friendship, so that the British government will not be angry with China because of the delay in stabilizing the situation in the South Seas. On the other hand, the president is too arbitrary, the troubles in Nanyang have not been resolved, and now he is actually inquiring about the Middle East issue. Therefore, Tang Shaoyi simply called Zhu Erdian over to remind Mr. President. That place in the Middle East is forbidden to the British. With China's current national strength, it is better to stay away.

Tang Shaoyi was helpless, but the British ambassador to China, Zhu Erdian, was pondering how to use the opportunity to meet with the president and feel the other party's position.

A few years ago, there were rumors that the British government was going to transfer Zhu Erdian to Egypt, so Zhu Erdian seized the time to study the Middle East issue. Although the British government did not transfer him to Egypt in the end, Zhu Erdian also had a lot of say on the Middle East issue, so it was appropriate for Tang Shaoyi to invite him over to give a lesson to the president.

But at the same time, the reason why Zhu Erdian was willing to come. Yesterday the US ambassador suggested to the president that China and the United States declare war on Germany at the same time in order to induce Germany to accept the peace proposal as soon as possible, but Mr. President did not agree to the US government's proposal, which made the British Government very uneasy. Therefore, the British Foreign Secretary instructed Zhu Erdian to find an opportunity to find out the real position of the Chinese government, whether it was to help Germany or Britain.

In fact, the British Government has always suspected that the reason why the German Far East Strike Fleet was able to persist in attacking British convoys in Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean after all bases in the Pacific had fallen was that certain "countries friendly to Germany" were secretly supplying the German fleet with arms and supplies. The first suspect in the minds of the British government is the Chinese president, but he has not grasped the evidence, so it is just speculation, and he can't even mention protests.

Therefore, in any case, now the British government must first figure out what the position of this "mad president" is, so Zhu Erdian followed Tang Shaoyi. If you want to know what will happen next, please log in... . More chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!